Feb 293 minGrandma's Wisdom: Date Other People, It's Good For Your MarriageWe were having dinner at my parents house when my husband asked my grandma how she felt about grandpa's thirst for adventure and constant road trips. Nobody ...
Dec 17, 20194 minWhy I Have To Hide From The World That I Am PolyamorousI have to hide this huge most loving part of me from most of the world, because seeing it as it is would make most of the world uncomfortable. I have to hide...
Oct 30, 20194 minIs Veto Ever The Right Choice?In her research article, Anne-Laure Le Cunff defines veto as an agreement in polyamorous relationships that gives one person the power to end their partner’s...
Oct 15, 20196 minAm I Crossing The Line?A few months after my husband and I opened our marriage I fell for a guy (let’s call him S) who told me that he was polyamorous, and that it was just a matte...
Sep 6, 20194 minHow I Fell In Love With My BodySomething interesting happened to me recently… I fell in love with my body. When I was growing up I was an awkward, lanky preteen with bony knees. I felt lik...
Aug 1, 20193 minWhat Makes A Relationship Successful?My dad has a theory that a relationship can only be successful when these four elements are present
Jun 3, 20195 minWhat It's Like To Be A Poly IntrovertI have a confession to make: I am an introvert. Vocabulary.com defines an introvert as someone who prefers solitary activities and who “would rather work thr...
May 21, 20193 minWhat Polyamory Is NOTMany poly bloggers, myself included, have attempted to explain what polyamory really is. But many people still don't get what it's not.
May 7, 20195 minHow I Learned To Love Myself Through Opening To Loving ManyThere was no concept of self-love where I grew up. Forget self-love, feelings just wasn't something people talked about. I don't remember any of my relatives...
Mar 26, 20194 minTo Date Or Not To Date, That Is The Question: The “No Dating Friends” Rule in PolyamoryThe topic of dating friends has come up quite a bit for me recently. In fact, it surfaced multiple times just in the last week in conversations with friends ...
Mar 20, 20193 min5 Ways Open Marriage Has Positively Affected Our ChildrenWhen my husband and I decided to open up our marriage our kids were about 4 and 6 years old. I was worried about how our lifestyle would affect them, to say ...
Feb 8, 20193 minA Night to Remember: #ThunderFromDownUnder With My Partner's Other PartnersLast Tuesday night was officially the funnest night of 2019! I went to see the Thunder From Down Under show with my partner's other female friends. It was an...
Jan 15, 20194 minHow I Helped My Husband Set Up His Online Dating Profile on OKCupid.comIt took me close to a year to decide to try online dating after we opened up our marriage. It took my husband six months longer... not without my... khm... c...
Jan 8, 20193 minAre there personality traits that are more common among people in polyamorous relationships?Lately I’ve been crossing paths with quite a few polyamorous people as more and more friends have been coming out as poly and introducing me to their poly ci...
Dec 19, 20185 minWe have a choice: monogamy is not the only option...A story about how I stopped following societal norms While growing up, I was constantly reminded of what an ideal relationship should be like: a man and a...
Dec 13, 20183 minIs it possible to be polyamorous and have an anxious attachment style?According to WIkipedia, attachment theory was primarily studied in the context of children and parents in the 1960s and 1970s. In the late 80s it was extende...
Nov 26, 20182 minYour Partner's Other Partner: Friend or Foe?There is a great side-benefit to having multiple romantic partners: you might make new friends with your partners' other partners (also called "metamours"). ...
Nov 9, 20184 minLet's talk about balance in (polyamorous) relationshipsWhen we decided to open our marriage my husband started dating someone almost right away. For a while I had a crush on a guy that I couldn't date, so I didn'...
Nov 6, 20183 min"Aren't you just a glorified cheater?" and other reactions to polyamoryThere were a few moments in the past few months when I have felt judged by people who found out I was polyamorous. It felt strangely familiar – like the expe...
Oct 30, 20183 minRules, agreements, and boundaries in polyamorous relationshipsThere is a lot written about rules and boundaries in polyamory and open relationships. Some authors strongly recommend having relationship rules in place, ot...
